United States Ninth Circuit

While the Northwest Power Act and Preference Act are intended to prevent wholesale transfer of electric power to regions outside the Pacific Northwest, they does not necessarily entitle private customers in that region to preferential prices.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/07/2001
• Decided 08/16/2001
• Published 08/16/2001

Judges

• RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  GOODWIN, GREENBERG, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul M. Murphy, Murphy & Buchal, Portland, Oregon;  William H. Walters, Miller Nash, Portland, Oregon;  Michael J. Uda of Doney, Crowley, Bloomquist & Uda, Helena, Montana, for the petitioners., Paul M. Murphy, Murphy & Buchal, Portland, Oregon, for the petitioners-intervenors.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas C. Lee, Assistant U.S. Attorney and David J. Adler, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Oregon, Portland, Oregon, for the respondent., Kyle D. Sciuchetti, Portland, Oregon;  Peter J. Richardson, Eagle, Idaho, for the respondent-intervenor.